/*
 * Copyright 2007-2008 by Matthias Buch-Kromann <mbk.isv@cbs.dk>.
 * 
 * This file is part of the Open-source Dependency Toolkit (OSDT),
 * see http://code.google.com/p/open-source-dependency-toolkit. 
 * 
 * The OSDT is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */

package org.osdtsystem.graphs;

import org.osdtsystem.utils.MemoryStorage;
import org.osdtsystem.utils.Storage;

/**
 * The public interface for a graph. This interface is composed of a number of
 * different subinterfaces. 
 * @author Matthias Buch-Kromann <mbk.isv@cbs.dk>
 */
public interface Graph
        extends GraphConstructionInterface, GraphQueryInterface,
            GraphFunctionInterface, GraphDeltaInterface, GraphInternal {

    // GraphConstructionInterface: Graph construction        
    // GraphQueryInterface: Graph querying
    // GraphStorageInterface: Loading and saving graphs from file
    // GraphCostInterface: Cost functions and efficient computation
    
    /**
     * A static storage factory that can be used to create lists, sets, and maps 
     * in memory. This storage factory is used as the default storage factory
     * by all graphs, unless another storage factory was specified at creation 
     * time.
     */
    static Storage defaultStorageFactory = new MemoryStorage();
}
